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, which wouldthe sea arcr give the pentagon some time. we're spending so much time on last year's appropriation. they can do new starts. they can take money away from programs that are no longer needed. they cannot do anything of that sort. so we are wasting so much money. but to mention damaging maintenance and operations in the military. so want to give them some flexibility. they desperately needed. national security demands it. i'm hopeful we can do that. >> would be doing to present this plan to your colleagues? particularly the ones who want to see very deep spending cuts or let the sequestered to effect? how the present this plan to both your republican conference and also to the leadership, which has promised that the retreat that the spending for the rest of the year would be much lower levels, under $1 trillion, no matter what. how do you much everything that? how do you make sure that the conference is on board, that the leadership was on board, with what your turn to do? >> that is what i am attempting to do, bring us all toge
, which wouldthe sea arcr give the pentagon some time. we're spending so much time on last year's appropriation. they can do new starts. they can take money away from programs that are no longer needed. they cannot do anything of that sort. so we are wasting so much money. but to mention damaging maintenance and operations in the military. so want to give them some flexibility. they desperately needed. national security demands it. i'm hopeful we can do that. >> would be doing to present...
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for example, the pentagon is hit the most, half the cuts are at the pentagon, what do you think it will take for people to say finally let's get together, figure out a way to not let this happen? >> the cuts to the military of course are the most severe and that will i think require the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, not to mention military operations and maintenance. but also, these cuts will affect every agency, every operation of the government except social security, medicare, medicaid, and food stamps. those are exempt. but every other agency and program will receive some sort of cut, probably 5%, around that. but since we're well in the fiscal year, the balance of the year, these few months will have a greater impact than a few percent of the year since we're talking about several months. the cuts are more severe than they first appear. >> the way this thing is designed, every account equally, right down to the -- you call them program levels or whatever -- but not every account says yeah, as an agency is important. if i were the agriculture secretary, i m
for example, the pentagon is hit the most, half the cuts are at the pentagon, what do you think it will take for people to say finally let's get together, figure out a way to not let this happen? >> the cuts to the military of course are the most severe and that will i think require the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, not to mention military operations and maintenance. but also, these cuts will affect every agency, every operation of the government except social...
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and giving the pentagon flexibility to implement those cuts. senate democrats are most concerned about the domestic agencies transportation education and being able to allow those departments to the flexibility to implement those cuts and it looks like maybe they can come together on an agreement and will avoid another government shutdown. >> so the senate democrats and house republicans do a quick conference on this continuing resolution. it gets passed and you avoid a government shutdown. >> that's correct. >> the way to look at it almost as if they're taking baby steps. they're not fighting as much over the day-to-day funding which is what we started with couple of years ago when the republicans took the majority in the house. so now that they're starting to work together a little better they're turning their attention and seeing if they could extend that to the medium term and long term budget impass. >> steve, the new chairman of the republican study committee, represents the conservative part of the conference of the republican conference
and giving the pentagon flexibility to implement those cuts. senate democrats are most concerned about the domestic agencies transportation education and being able to allow those departments to the flexibility to implement those cuts and it looks like maybe they can come together on an agreement and will avoid another government shutdown. >> so the senate democrats and house republicans do a quick conference on this continuing resolution. it gets passed and you avoid a government...
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and giving the pentagon the flexibility to implement the cuts. being able to allow those departments the flexibility to implement those cuts. it looks like maybe they can come together on an agreement and will avoid another government shut down. >> the senate democrats and house republicans to a quick conference on the continuing resolution. almostway to look at it as if they are taking baby steps. they're not fighting as much ,ver the day today fighting which is what a couple of years ago. now they're starting to work better on that. they're turning their attention to see if they could extend that to the medium-term and long-term budget impacts. and you study represents the conservative part of the republican conference. years passed, the freshman tea party came in. there seemed to be a faction within the party. do you see less of that or more of it as we go forward? >> i think there was a sense that perhaps the tea party had been muted a bit. after all, they voted for a tax increase and got a tax increase through the house. russell asked the co
and giving the pentagon the flexibility to implement the cuts. being able to allow those departments the flexibility to implement those cuts. it looks like maybe they can come together on an agreement and will avoid another government shut down. >> the senate democrats and house republicans to a quick conference on the continuing resolution. almostway to look at it as if they are taking baby steps. they're not fighting as much ,ver the day today fighting which is what a couple of years...
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president's joints chiefs -- the presidents joint chiefs said is necessary to fund the mission of the pentagon. our first priority of the federal government is national defense. we are funding at levels that are necessary to maintain national security for the country. last one. >> last week you are talking about how the fiscal cliff deal and other improvements at the baseline major job easier in getting steps to balance the budget. what are those steps? >> we extend the budget control act discretionary caps out the last two years. we also wanted to extend our reforms on the public workforce, on federal employees, to include all federal employees at the end of the budget window so that there pension contributions match those are commensurate with the private sector. we don't think federal employees should be able to have pension systems that are so far in excess of what the private sector counterparts get. doing those things, combined with the baseline, makes it easier for us to balance the budget. we have always reduced the balance budget in the past -- we have always produced the balanced bud
president's joints chiefs -- the presidents joint chiefs said is necessary to fund the mission of the pentagon. our first priority of the federal government is national defense. we are funding at levels that are necessary to maintain national security for the country. last one. >> last week you are talking about how the fiscal cliff deal and other improvements at the baseline major job easier in getting steps to balance the budget. what are those steps? >> we extend the budget...
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. >> the pentagon has started to take steps to prepare itself for the sequestration and planning that has not taken place until now. >> they are laying off temporary employees. it is starting to happen. >> senator inhofe has been critical about not planning earlier. the >> there is a little brinkmanship going. i do believe there was a time and when each everybody said we are all against it so how can have them? there never was a path that the two sides could find that would lead them to averting it. >> the center was critical of the president in the stance of his overall military and mention three ways the president has worked for cuts, and delays, and additions to the military budget. when you talk to officers of line, and you find them as critical of the administration that what is: on average is very dramatic. this represents a huge threat to the united states. there are others that would argue it is more a regional. the ability to react is clearly limited. when you look at individual things, there are concerns. afghanistan is another issue. >> these are big and complex topics and
. >> the pentagon has started to take steps to prepare itself for the sequestration and planning that has not taken place until now. >> they are laying off temporary employees. it is starting to happen. >> senator inhofe has been critical about not planning earlier. the >> there is a little brinkmanship going. i do believe there was a time and when each everybody said we are all against it so how can have them? there never was a path that the two sides could find that...
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no specific proposal from the pentagon's top leadership, and that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to put up there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has not advocated a proposal that a lot of people have put their hopes in, and that is a disappointment. they will continue to work and we will see that they come up with. we have to see whether the current pay and benefits system has affected our getting and keeping top quality folks. one example, we're going to increasingly need top-quality technical folks who can deal in the realm of cyber. we are competing with google and microsoft and all of those companies. maybe the current personnel system and the way we compensate people with a 20 year retirement plan is not what you need to recruit and retain those folks. my point is, in addition to trying to look at curtailing the long-term costs of the current personnel system, i think you also have to look and see whether the current system is effect
no specific proposal from the pentagon's top leadership, and that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to put up there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has not advocated a proposal that a lot of people have put their hopes in, and that is a disappointment. they will continue to work and we will see that they come up with. we have to see whether the current pay and...
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defense -- we spent a lot from 2001 to 2011, but generally, we are stabilizing, and the pentagon, working with me, have come up with plans that allow us to meet our security needs while still bringing down some of the costs of defense, particularly after having ended the war in iraq and on the brink of ending the war in afghanistan. so when we talk about our deficit and debt problems, it is almost entirely health care costs. you eliminate the delta -- the difference between what we spend on health care and what every other country -- advanced, industrialized nation spends on health care, and that's our long-rm debt. and if we're able to bend the cost curve, we help solve the problem. now, one way to do that is just to make health care cheaper overall. that's, i think, the best way to do it, and that's what we've been doing through some of the measures in the affordable care act. there are some other provisions that we could take that would maintain our commitment to seniors, medicare, social security, the disabled, medicaid whilst still reducing very modestly the costs of those programs.
defense -- we spent a lot from 2001 to 2011, but generally, we are stabilizing, and the pentagon, working with me, have come up with plans that allow us to meet our security needs while still bringing down some of the costs of defense, particularly after having ended the war in iraq and on the brink of ending the war in afghanistan. so when we talk about our deficit and debt problems, it is almost entirely health care costs. you eliminate the delta -- the difference between what we spend on...
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exactly what the president's joint chiefs season minimum levels necessary to fund the mission for the pentagon. this is our first priority -- national defense. we're funding at the levels the joint chiefs say is necessary to maintain national security. >> you're talking about how the fiscal cliff deal and other improvements major job easier, but you still have to take steps to get a balance. what are those steps? >> one is a budget control act. we extend the budget control act. we also want to extend reforms on the public workforce on federal employees to include all federal employees so that their pension contribution matches those that are in the private sector. we do not think federal employees should be able to have pension systems that are far in excess to what the private sector counterparts get. doing those things makes it easier to approach a bounce budget. we have always produced a budget in the past. it has taken a little bit of a longer time. we have got to close. that gets us closer to balancing the budget by the end of the budget window. now that we know it is easier to balance a
exactly what the president's joint chiefs season minimum levels necessary to fund the mission for the pentagon. this is our first priority -- national defense. we're funding at the levels the joint chiefs say is necessary to maintain national security. >> you're talking about how the fiscal cliff deal and other improvements major job easier, but you still have to take steps to get a balance. what are those steps? >> one is a budget control act. we extend the budget control act. we...
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the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost of private sector health insurance has skyrocketed, so the differential between getting health insurance in the tricare system versus in the private sector has gone from 3-1 to 9-1. so the number of people eligible for tricare who participating in the system has risen from 22% to 59% as a result of basic economics. in addition, the raw numbers of claims in the tricare system has risen extensively. for example, behavioral counseling, health counseling for troops and families rose by 65%. counseling for the children of troops has risen by 85%. medical visits from ac
the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost...
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are we trying to use any models from the pentagon? also, it worries me that we are going to have to replicate something that apparently, in the pentagon, we are doing fairly effectively. how do we take those lessons? can dhs get to a point where it is, frankly, as effective as some of the work being done at the pentagon? >> that is an excellent question. indeed, the pilot programs you are referring to, called the dib pilot program, meaning the defense industrial base, we issued a report over that program. as it happens, we have also made an -- a recommendation in a report that will be coming out soon, so i cannot really talk about it yet -- the executive order has a line in it, i think under the information sharing section, to look at that program, the defense program, and expand it to the other sector, or the other critical infrastructure sectors. that is one of the activities that is planned. >> do you think that dhs will have the current capability to do that? the pentagon is obviously in a situation where they are dealing with a n
are we trying to use any models from the pentagon? also, it worries me that we are going to have to replicate something that apparently, in the pentagon, we are doing fairly effectively. how do we take those lessons? can dhs get to a point where it is, frankly, as effective as some of the work being done at the pentagon? >> that is an excellent question. indeed, the pilot programs you are referring to, called the dib pilot program, meaning the defense industrial base, we issued a report...
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do you accept the criticism that the pentagon should have been warning about these sooner? >> first, we started the slowdown in spending on january 10. a number of the measures that i mentioned went into effect shortly after that. significant efforts were made to slow down spending on more draconian actions later. i know that people felt we should have said more earlier. 15 months ago the secretary sent a letter to the u.s. congress saying that the effects of sequestration would be devastating. that was october 2011. after that we testified in august and again in september, we listed every single major item we're talking about. we said that there would be cutbacks in readiness and a unit buys would go down with unit costs growing up. what we did not do was detailed budget planning. i do not regret that. if we did it 60 months ago, we would have been wrong. we would not know that congress would have changed the size and the date and we would not have incurred the degradation route. we sounded the alarm in every way that we could. >> what kind of contract are you having with
do you accept the criticism that the pentagon should have been warning about these sooner? >> first, we started the slowdown in spending on january 10. a number of the measures that i mentioned went into effect shortly after that. significant efforts were made to slow down spending on more draconian actions later. i know that people felt we should have said more earlier. 15 months ago the secretary sent a letter to the u.s. congress saying that the effects of sequestration would be...
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host: we have seen the pentagon call back most of their furloughed workers. the intelligence community is bringing back many of their furloughed workers. you see othero furloughed workers being brought back? problems -- was there were problems with the chicken that was being served. if you have ever had food poisoning, you will know. ofre are huge numbers workers still out of work. .pa my republican colleagues say they are concerned about the debt and the deficit. part of the way we push those numbers down is that we get receipts from the irs. nine percent of them are furloughed. there are a number of things we are contributing to uncertainty and the debt and the deficit. it would seem to me that perhaps we could get together and reopen the government with no conditions about reopening -- ending the affordable care act. host: we are getting ready to hear from treasury secretary jack lew. prioritization of the debt. i want to get your thoughts on whether it is possible to prioritize our debt. a poorsome say that is way of managing our nation's finances. chinaa
host: we have seen the pentagon call back most of their furloughed workers. the intelligence community is bringing back many of their furloughed workers. you see othero furloughed workers being brought back? problems -- was there were problems with the chicken that was being served. if you have ever had food poisoning, you will know. ofre are huge numbers workers still out of work. .pa my republican colleagues say they are concerned about the debt and the deficit. part of the way we push those...
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the pentagon, for instance, they will reduce sequester by $22 billion next year. that would have meant that the budget level that they are at this year would have been cut by an additional $22 billion. is still $30 billion lower than the budget proposed by the pentagon and by the house and at the pre-sequester spending level. so they will stop to find out how to lower spending under sequester. this will allow them to really avoid a lot of the pain in terms of types of readiness and cuts to military programs at a said would be coming in 2014 without kind of -- without some kind of deal. host: why did they go for two years? >> we have gone from crisis to crisis, all of these 11th hour deals. id if he goes through come think we really will see that go away for the next year or two. there are still some issues i will have to be dealt with. this does not address the debt ceiling, for instance. that is coming up in the spring, even if we do get this budget to past. wery october, and set of -- are always getting through cr and, if this cup pass, for the first time in a w
the pentagon, for instance, they will reduce sequester by $22 billion next year. that would have meant that the budget level that they are at this year would have been cut by an additional $22 billion. is still $30 billion lower than the budget proposed by the pentagon and by the house and at the pre-sequester spending level. so they will stop to find out how to lower spending under sequester. this will allow them to really avoid a lot of the pain in terms of types of readiness and cuts to...
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in 2001, donald rumsfeld said the pentagon had lost $2.3 trillion. nobody wants to say anything about that. we have the tea party people and their cause. i saw a woman carrying a sign that said keep your government's hands off my medicare. where do you stand on the tea party people? how can we fix the budget? host: we have talked about that a little bit, we will get mr. nussle to comment. guest: they are part of the process. it is great people want to be part of the political process and part of the policy process. they have an opinion. even if they were not part of any organization, they would still hold that opinion. whether it is disrespecting the tea party or the democratic party, it is silly. what needs to happen is a better understanding and a clear understanding of how all of those interests can be utilized in order to come up with a solution. not having a solution. not having an agreement or a decision. no decision is a rotten decision. as we have seen in washington. for those who are worried about waste, if you do not come to a decision, you
in 2001, donald rumsfeld said the pentagon had lost $2.3 trillion. nobody wants to say anything about that. we have the tea party people and their cause. i saw a woman carrying a sign that said keep your government's hands off my medicare. where do you stand on the tea party people? how can we fix the budget? host: we have talked about that a little bit, we will get mr. nussle to comment. guest: they are part of the process. it is great people want to be part of the political process and part...
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when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama administration, when they came to office, took a look at specifically the cia's interpretation program and whether the legal advice provided to those running the orgram violated the law referral to the bars and they decided, although it was regretful and mistaken, that there were no crimes. you think the time for, as are suggesting, criminal accountability before the criminal court has passed. but i think that is with the state of play is. diana in massachusetts. diana, you are on the washington journal. caller: good morning charles and peter. i wanted to go back to the
when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama...
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host: general dempsey yesterday at the pentagon. this headline -- there is this from just ramirez on our twitter page -- back to your calls. pentagon lifting the ban on women in combat. a democrat from kentucky. caller: i was watching the news yesterday, there was a lady who joined the marines in 1970, and she made it through the basics and her husband did not. she waited three years in the marines, and the marines is the hardest one there was. she said yesterday, there are as many men who cannot make it as there are women. the reason why they do not get their chance at -- 1500 have been killed in these past two wars over there. if they want to go, i see no reason for them not to go. host: thank you for the call. another part of this debate -- sexual harassment. according to dod, there were just over 3100 reports of sexual harassment in 2011, and a similar number in 2010, 3158. those figures are courtesy of d.o.t.. bill joins us from illinois, good morning to you. caller: i am a combat decorated veteran from vietnam. when i tell my
host: general dempsey yesterday at the pentagon. this headline -- there is this from just ramirez on our twitter page -- back to your calls. pentagon lifting the ban on women in combat. a democrat from kentucky. caller: i was watching the news yesterday, there was a lady who joined the marines in 1970, and she made it through the basics and her husband did not. she waited three years in the marines, and the marines is the hardest one there was. she said yesterday, there are as many men who...
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it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this .lleged incident occurred here the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their moreies -- and they expect and deserve more. we all have to take some responsibility and i have said clearly in my statement that we will all be hold accountable -- and held accountable. i will take one more. >> he said people should feel comfortable coming forward. senator gillibarand and others said as long as commanders have control over the sexual assault cases, whether it is the convening authority or moving court cases, they won't feel comfortable. are you ready to endorse some of those proposals coming out of congress?to put -- >> i took the initiative suggesting that we make some changes in article 60 for the ucmj. witheals directly fo that issuea. i believe with others on capitol hill that the ultimate authority has to remain within the command structure. there are things that we need to
it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this .lleged incident occurred here the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their moreies -- and they expect and deserve more. we all have to take some responsibility and i have said clearly in my statement that we will all be hold accountable -- and held accountable. i will take one more. >> he said people should feel comfortable coming...
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let's debate whether at a time of retrenchment at the pentagon really need to spend 2/3 of $1 trillion over the next 10 years on nuclear weapons we don't need and cannot use for american security. 90% of the expensive, dangerous stockpile is unnecessary for even the most ardent believer in nuclear deteshes. t's just morphed into a jobs program. should we suffer our mineral wealth to foreign countries for free? maybe we should re-examine the mining act of 1872, which remains on the books exactly as it was signed into law by president grant. these are areas worthy not just of debate but real, honest negotiation and compromise and action. we can agree on areas to get more value for the taxpayers, help those who need it most, not least, allow the process of government work. if you try in good faith, the american system of government is not as bad as it looks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the time for solutions is now. the american people expect
let's debate whether at a time of retrenchment at the pentagon really need to spend 2/3 of $1 trillion over the next 10 years on nuclear weapons we don't need and cannot use for american security. 90% of the expensive, dangerous stockpile is unnecessary for even the most ardent believer in nuclear deteshes. t's just morphed into a jobs program. should we suffer our mineral wealth to foreign countries for free? maybe we should re-examine the mining act of 1872, which remains on the books exactly...
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live coverage from the pentagon here on c-span starts at 12:50 eastern. but before that, though, house minority leader nancy pelosi will hold her weekly briefing with reporters this afternoon. we will have live coverage of that beginning at noon eastern here on c-span. and then a little bit later this afternoon, jay carney will answer reporters' question at 1:30 eastern. we'll bring that to you here on c-span. former defense secretary leon panetta and former budget director for george w. bush, jim nussle, call on congress to address the national debt and also comment on the government shutdown. both are former chairs of the house budget committee and they're part of an event being hosted by the campaign to fix the debt. they joined -- they are joined by the heads of the hispanic chamber of commerce and the national small business association. >> president of the committee for responsible federal budget and the president of fix the debt. >> thank you. thanks so much, everybody, for joining us today. this turns out to be an incredibly well-timed conference.
live coverage from the pentagon here on c-span starts at 12:50 eastern. but before that, though, house minority leader nancy pelosi will hold her weekly briefing with reporters this afternoon. we will have live coverage of that beginning at noon eastern here on c-span. and then a little bit later this afternoon, jay carney will answer reporters' question at 1:30 eastern. we'll bring that to you here on c-span. former defense secretary leon panetta and former budget director for george w. bush,...
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host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs. if we could provide more certainty for job creators, i know businesses would grow. he would hire. a part of that is to have certainty about our health care intem, which right now is major turmoil. employers do not know what to expect from the president's health care plan and their implications, so they are not hiring and they are laying off workers. if we could get that right, that would make a huge difference for our economy. the other thing is to spend wisely. budget,60% of the mandatory spending categories, and that is driving up the budget. it is time to be smart an
host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs....
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the onset of sequestration already has begun to gum up the works in the pentagon. the navy is standing down four of its airways. the first to set the idle next month. the chuck hagel said the service has already cancelled the popular blue angels flight demonstration. the army will curtail all training units except for those account for afghanistan. it will hit 80% of the active force. thousands of employees are expected to be furloughed in april. next call is jessica from louisiana. good morning. caller: good morning. i just see this sequester as confusing. in my field i get to meet people from everywhere. i had an mp months ago say, "he chief."y commander-in- you respect the position, not the paul 6, when you are in the military. -- not the politics when you are in the military. since when is it illegal to be rich? it is not illegal to be rich. i see people getting food stamps every day that have been on it for generations. i voted for change. this election i did not. i am frustrated the people are so selfish that we are seeing this. i think what a sequester is is
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it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their families -- and they expect more it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their families -- and they expect more and deserve more. we all have to take some responsibility and i have said clearly in my statement that we will all be hold accountable -- and held accountable. i will take one more. >> he said people should feel comfortable coming forward. senator gillibarand and others said as long as commanders have control over the sexual assault cases, whether it is the convening authority or moving court cases, they won't feel comfortable. are you ready to endorse some
it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their families -- and they expect more it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their...
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later today, a ceremony to welcome secretary chuck hagel to the pentagon. vice president biden will officiating at a ceremonial swearing-in that will be witnessed by friends and former colleagues, including senator hagel's brothers tom hagel and mike hagel, the painter. kerry,ecretary of state carr john brennan of the cia and james clapper. c-span is covering the event. you can see it later in our programming schedule. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the simple fact is that we are all getting older together. we are not the same. we are beginning to have an inverted pyramid. that makes our challenges as it relates to entitlements and social security even greater. photo/slow going developing countries have had lower fertility rates, and al qaeda -- and now china is starting to feel the impact of its one child policy. we are better off than the rest of the developed world, but our fertility rate has dropped to 1.8, the lowest drop in order history. unlike most of the world, we have a tried and true way to deal with this demographic t
later today, a ceremony to welcome secretary chuck hagel to the pentagon. vice president biden will officiating at a ceremonial swearing-in that will be witnessed by friends and former colleagues, including senator hagel's brothers tom hagel and mike hagel, the painter. kerry,ecretary of state carr john brennan of the cia and james clapper. c-span is covering the event. you can see it later in our programming schedule. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the simple...
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saving the pentagon from cuts. the pentagon saying we welcome it, but we are going to need more spending. ed.sachusetts, high,, caller: they need to kick that bill back. have they until they unemployment fees attached to it. there are people out here dying that they are not thinking about. and have their christmas vacation, that is nice, that is wonderful. people are trying to survive. their up and join -- enjoying their vacation. they need to kick that back and have that piece attached. also, maybe another piece attached to that bill, that allows us to impeach some senators when they are not doing anything. let me share you the opinion of the major newspapers in washington. the editorial for the washington post this morning says this -- a flawed budget deal is better than no deal at all. they are saying that it is an achievement that one exists at all. the new york times this morning, they weigh in as well saying budget is the minimalist deal. democrats reduce the sequester, but republicans are -- austerity still
saving the pentagon from cuts. the pentagon saying we welcome it, but we are going to need more spending. ed.sachusetts, high,, caller: they need to kick that bill back. have they until they unemployment fees attached to it. there are people out here dying that they are not thinking about. and have their christmas vacation, that is nice, that is wonderful. people are trying to survive. their up and join -- enjoying their vacation. they need to kick that back and have that piece attached. also,...
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guest: that is the pentagon put the money. it is roughly about 10% or so, even a little more than that, of the pentagon put the overall budget -- the gun -- of the pentagon's overall budget. host: (202) 585-3880 is our line for democrats, (202) 585-3881 is our line for republicans. (202) 585-3882 four independent s. it also send the twitter or an e-mail. .ournal@c-span.org and @cspanwj isst: they were a question how much does that overlap? i've always wondered about the national intelligence program. funds agencies like in sa -- like nsa, but then some of that money also comes from the military intelligence program. so we always sort of wonder where that overlap is between how much of the nsa's budget is from the national intelligence program, how much comes from the military. then there is a specific budget on each of those agencies. how big is the cia's budget? i do not know the answers, and they're not going to release those numbers. host: the president has called for more transparency on the use of drones, and when it come
guest: that is the pentagon put the money. it is roughly about 10% or so, even a little more than that, of the pentagon put the overall budget -- the gun -- of the pentagon's overall budget. host: (202) 585-3880 is our line for democrats, (202) 585-3881 is our line for republicans. (202) 585-3882 four independent s. it also send the twitter or an e-mail. .ournal@c-span.org and @cspanwj isst: they were a question how much does that overlap? i've always wondered about the national intelligence...
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which essentially means eliminating the entire federal government except the pentagon. all of a sudden the last couple of months hitting this arbitrary political target is vital. what is vital, as i said, is having a deficit strategy that's consistent with sound economic growth and making sure that we strengthen the middle class and that means as a first step to make sure that our deficits, as the economy improves, as we grow, that our deficits are not growing faster than g.d.p. and that we stabilize the debt as a percentage of g.d.p. because if you don't, as the economy improves, higher government borrowing -- we need to adopt that strategy and adopt it now. have it kicked in over a period of time. we just got very good news that the rate of per capita increase in health care costs is actually at the lowest level of 50 years. we need to continue to adopt strategies to keep that -- those costs increase low. as as demographic changes means baby boomers retire and we clearly need to keep working on those issues. but let me just sum up where we are in terms of our deficit
which essentially means eliminating the entire federal government except the pentagon. all of a sudden the last couple of months hitting this arbitrary political target is vital. what is vital, as i said, is having a deficit strategy that's consistent with sound economic growth and making sure that we strengthen the middle class and that means as a first step to make sure that our deficits, as the economy improves, as we grow, that our deficits are not growing faster than g.d.p. and that we...
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your analysts to use critical thinking about islam when it appears that the defense department or the pentagon is afraid to have people who take a dimwit-eyed view of how muslims are about to left or your staff. or when it seems inside the beltway, it is hard to tell whether people consider what has -- what nidal hassan did was workplace violence or terror. how do you cope with trying to understand and anticipate how some people may use some parts of islam, the occur on, to justify terrorist acts? number two, our society faces a lot of strains. how do you foresee quarantining or preventing the next bradley manning? >> those are good questions. [laughter] let me start with the second one. i think that is relatively, you know, a short answer. i do not think we can stop an insider threat, a determined, cunning, agile, savvy individual who works to get inside of our system so to speak. you cannot close all the locks and gates and doors. there will always be that threat. we have to put disciplined processes in place. many times, when you look at what has happened, manning or were the right things i
your analysts to use critical thinking about islam when it appears that the defense department or the pentagon is afraid to have people who take a dimwit-eyed view of how muslims are about to left or your staff. or when it seems inside the beltway, it is hard to tell whether people consider what has -- what nidal hassan did was workplace violence or terror. how do you cope with trying to understand and anticipate how some people may use some parts of islam, the occur on, to justify terrorist...
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after that falls on the pentagon. that theytagon agrees need to come down, that it is but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they -- with the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the tenure. dollars cut billion in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest:. yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure there are generals and al's that don't want to be cut at all. the head of the army was a first that i heard was doing this. but all the other top brass picked this up. we slowed us down, give us time to implement. you slam it all and is so fast, we're going to have to find things like cutting trading. trading is important for troops. the numbers for fiscal 2014, the budget for that pentagon cap the to 520 billion. for 2015 they capped at 521 billion. it has been 512 under the sequester. policy, the defense authorization bill is
after that falls on the pentagon. that theytagon agrees need to come down, that it is but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they -- with the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the tenure. dollars cut billion in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest:. yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure...
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atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through that report of about 100 different examples of waste and unnecessary spending by the government. ken from georgia on our line for republicans. glad tosenator coburn, see you on the program. i have seen you on the other discussingn fox, your latest addition of government waste. -- edition of government waste. as you mentioned, i was just watching a program where there is a move afoot to have an amending constitutional convention of where the states' legislatures have to put forth the idea of amending the constitution. this would be to ge
atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through...
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. -- billoing from the pentagon. it was a state of a lot of confusion. staff, senators rushed out of these buildings. same on the house side. the day is something i will never forget. by n remember being taken sarah nichols, who was the assistant leader of the whip, as i was, for the democratic side. senator lott, senator daschle. we were taken to the west side of the capitol, and it was an eerie situation. all kinds of people in black, very black uniforms, swat teams and others from the federal government, put us in helicopters and took us to a place, a secured facility. we during that day were constantly briefed by the vice president who had been in touch with the president on a moment-by-moment basis, and that was the determination made by the vice president, we should all come back to washington and we did. we came here without a lot of speeches prepared, unprepared, just here to show each other that we knew what was going on, what happened, not totally understanding, but something was very bad. where mull culls
. -- billoing from the pentagon. it was a state of a lot of confusion. staff, senators rushed out of these buildings. same on the house side. the day is something i will never forget. by n remember being taken sarah nichols, who was the assistant leader of the whip, as i was, for the democratic side. senator lott, senator daschle. we were taken to the west side of the capitol, and it was an eerie situation. all kinds of people in black, very black uniforms, swat teams and others from the...
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leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people enrolled in --lege and took back it basket weaving in order to get out of the draft. that is how the whole stand. i personally believe that not all the people who enlist our going there because they're wanted to be in the army. it is a matter of fact that they can't get a job here. that was just a side comment. on c-span, within the last few months, they had someone talking about the lavish lifestyle of generals and the upper officers, where they have lavish dinner parties with soldiers serving them. they live lives of luxury. i think, from what i'v
leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people...
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to be fair, there's been some disagreement between the congress and the pentagon over what they do and don't have the authority to do. we passed a full military first, but it also included civilian defense workers contractors t. took them several days to figure out, hey, read the law. defense in the department should be back at work, and we had to work a little bit with them, but at came of the day they around. this is, you know, inexcusable, obviously, the families have had enough tragedy on its own. this is not something that anybody in either party, you know, would want to happen or would allow to continue, so we'll move that legislation, and, you know, strangely enough, the senate, which has said it won't do things piecemeal, i bet you it does this, just as it agreed with us on make sthuring all federal employees got back pay. harry reid picks and chooses which pieces he's willing to do when we move legislation, and, you know, there's a lot more to government that could be open today if he simple wool take up the bills that are being passed by bipartisan majority in the house and p
to be fair, there's been some disagreement between the congress and the pentagon over what they do and don't have the authority to do. we passed a full military first, but it also included civilian defense workers contractors t. took them several days to figure out, hey, read the law. defense in the department should be back at work, and we had to work a little bit with them, but at came of the day they around. this is, you know, inexcusable, obviously, the families have had enough tragedy on...
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that in afghanistan, but the pentagon. that was composed of u.s. marines, they wanted to fight with their own aviation assets, intelligent assets, they needed their own patch of the sandbox. instead of working to integrate them with u.s. and canadian army unit our already operating there, talk commanders in kabul as well as top officials back in the pentagon suddenly chose the path of least resistance and give them a part of afghanistan not home to a lot of people. we should have been near a key population center. civilian surge was supposed to occur in tandem with the military surge. down there in field with our combat battalions to help provide government services to help engage in basic reconstruction. the fed whether the whole notion of some national a good idea or not, it was the strategy. we were supposed to send individuals to work with our commanders. the civilian surge was about a year too late. the bulk of the people do not start flowing in until well after the first waves of military forces arrived areas the bulk of them wound up saying
that in afghanistan, but the pentagon. that was composed of u.s. marines, they wanted to fight with their own aviation assets, intelligent assets, they needed their own patch of the sandbox. instead of working to integrate them with u.s. and canadian army unit our already operating there, talk commanders in kabul as well as top officials back in the pentagon suddenly chose the path of least resistance and give them a part of afghanistan not home to a lot of people. we should have been near a...
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are civilian employees of the pentagon. those are private sector jobs. 750,000 jobs and a 0.6% drag on gdp in a recovery is no small deal. wall street may not be terribly worried about debt, but regular americans who do not want to be unemployed would find a 0.6% track on gdp to be pretty significant. guest: it will have an effect on long-term unemployment insurance. there will be in effect for some people. host: our focus of the sunday morning are sequestration and the politics. our phone lines are open. dickensian -- send us an e-mail or join us on facebook or twitter. the present use sequestration as the topic of his weekly address. [video clip] thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off and parents will be scrambling to find child care for their kids. airport security will seek cutbacks, causing delays across the country. even president bush's director of the national institutes of health says these cuts will said that medical science for a generation. because have forced the navy to delay deployment of aircra
are civilian employees of the pentagon. those are private sector jobs. 750,000 jobs and a 0.6% drag on gdp in a recovery is no small deal. wall street may not be terribly worried about debt, but regular americans who do not want to be unemployed would find a 0.6% track on gdp to be pretty significant. guest: it will have an effect on long-term unemployment insurance. there will be in effect for some people. host: our focus of the sunday morning are sequestration and the politics. our phone...
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piloted. .ecause the manufacturers we go outside the cia, outside the pentagon. this is part of what we have to do. this is our responsibility as citizens. we are not doing our part. [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> a month later he was leading more troops in. troops protected and --organ, chase, if someone it was that information from fortune magazine. president obama was up for reelection and they did not want to talk about it. now is the time to talk about. >> one of the important things is we have to support those in the medium. i'm talking about the agenda reports. his niece may be here. is another one you want to read. you have a sense of the analysis that the sister was talking about. yes he echo -- yes? >> i'm going to ask the naive and obvious question, and i will preface it by saying it seems to experiment american in government is a failure unless we deal with this issue. people bring an indictment against president obama, clinton, whoever else, if we cannot do this? i think we have failed on accountability. >> part of the problem is that the american
piloted. .ecause the manufacturers we go outside the cia, outside the pentagon. this is part of what we have to do. this is our responsibility as citizens. we are not doing our part. [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> a month later he was leading more troops in. troops protected and --organ, chase, if someone it was that information from fortune magazine. president obama was up for reelection and they did not want to talk about it. now is the time to talk about. >> one of the...
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in the days since director clapper made the comments, the intelligence community and the pentagon have recalled many if not most of their furloughed staff. in light of that, do you believe the shutdown continues to pose a threat to national security? guest: john, i do. i was in the situation room on 9/11 and spent the next 7.5 years in the bush in this ration, the first three in the white house, the next 4 and the state department, working on counterterrorism issues. we were a country at war then and we ran a country at war now. this shot -- we remain a country or more now. this shutdown of the government poses a substantial risk to our national security. we have a number of employees of intelligence agencies, cia, nsa, fbi, the defense department, department of homeland security, all important security agencies who are still out of work. some of them have been called back now. but even more important than that, the leaders of these who undoubtedly the american people expect should be focusing on leading their agencies to protect terrorist threats, are spending a substantial part of ea
in the days since director clapper made the comments, the intelligence community and the pentagon have recalled many if not most of their furloughed staff. in light of that, do you believe the shutdown continues to pose a threat to national security? guest: john, i do. i was in the situation room on 9/11 and spent the next 7.5 years in the bush in this ration, the first three in the white house, the next 4 and the state department, working on counterterrorism issues. we were a country at war...
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the pentagon seems to have arrived in a different place, in a similar place. then i had to keep going. this is not a criticism. this recent review, or skimmer it is called, by people who do not like having again from the pentagon budget. the idea here is that we're going to have to look for ways to save this 500 billion dollars. sequestration is currently the law of the land. above and beyond the kinds of changes i have artie mentioned, the $400y mentioned, billion and efficiencies, the $85 billion in compensation reform, then some modest tweaks to capability. they did a couple of things i really do not like. i'm not sure the authors like it either. one of them is to downsize the u.s. army quite a bit more than is already being planned. and the way for other discussion topics. let me give you a sense of what is being considered. the u.s. army right now is just over half a million active-duty soldiers. it has grown up to about 560,000 during the peak of the iraq and afghanistan wars. we also mobilize a national guardsman. all of these numbers are quite modest c
the pentagon seems to have arrived in a different place, in a similar place. then i had to keep going. this is not a criticism. this recent review, or skimmer it is called, by people who do not like having again from the pentagon budget. the idea here is that we're going to have to look for ways to save this 500 billion dollars. sequestration is currently the law of the land. above and beyond the kinds of changes i have artie mentioned, the $400y mentioned, billion and efficiencies, the $85...
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we should audit the pentagon. -- in and conn's budget, the pentagon's budget, tom coburn found this out, one of the great deficit hawks and waste warriors up there, he found $7 billion that could be cut from the defense budget.why? because many of feel a patriotic vote for the defense budget, the people packet full of goodies. $7 billion. it had in it $1.8 billion for a study to develop roll-up beef jerky. i'm not sure how that is keeping the russians or others at bay. they had $5 billion in there to theyy a collection of fish. said i did not understand what they were try to do, which is true. i called it a bunch of goldfish, and they were actually golden fish. there's a lot of money being wasted in a $4 trillion budget. we could go through hundreds and hundreds of programs. one more, $3 billion spent to study monkeys on meth. does anyone think that they are not just as crazy as people on meth?that is ridiculous. but it runs from top to bottom throughout the government. so the idea that we cannot cut, i think we are defeating that idea, and that is one of the great things about the sequ
we should audit the pentagon. -- in and conn's budget, the pentagon's budget, tom coburn found this out, one of the great deficit hawks and waste warriors up there, he found $7 billion that could be cut from the defense budget.why? because many of feel a patriotic vote for the defense budget, the people packet full of goodies. $7 billion. it had in it $1.8 billion for a study to develop roll-up beef jerky. i'm not sure how that is keeping the russians or others at bay. they had $5 billion in...
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williams: the pentagon deems this workplace violence rather than combat violence. this is shameful and the american people should be outraged for the government to refuse its wrong. it was a blatant terrorist attacks and we owe it to these patriots and the uniforms before them. they willingly and admirably put their lives on the line to protect our freedom. i ask my colleagues to pass h.r. 705, the fort hood victims and families benefits protection act and start providing the needed assistance for the victims and families of this attack. y god bless those who have served. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. woodall: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee n rules, i call up house resolution 122 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 22, house resolution 122. resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house
williams: the pentagon deems this workplace violence rather than combat violence. this is shameful and the american people should be outraged for the government to refuse its wrong. it was a blatant terrorist attacks and we owe it to these patriots and the uniforms before them. they willingly and admirably put their lives on the line to protect our freedom. i ask my colleagues to pass h.r. 705, the fort hood victims and families benefits protection act and start providing the needed assistance...
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on detail, at nato headquarters, brought at the middle east and the pentagon. he was advisor to four presidents, president obama asked him to lead his afghanistan-pakistan policy review in early 2009 and he did that for a couple of months before happily, for us, returning to brookings. bruce has written already two books in the time he's been here, actually a third is about to come out, i'll mention that in just a second, but the first two were about al qaeda and then about the u.s.-pakistan relationship "the deadly embrace." . his new book, coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon" and it's the story about the u.s.-india-pakistan relationship and crisis management over the last half century or so. general stan mcchrystal is a 1976 graduate of west point. spent 34 years in the u.s. army. retiring as a four-star general in the summer of 2010. he has been commander in afghanistan. he was the director of the joint staff. but perhaps in military circles, most of all, as i mentioned, this five-year period at joint special operations command makes him memorable
on detail, at nato headquarters, brought at the middle east and the pentagon. he was advisor to four presidents, president obama asked him to lead his afghanistan-pakistan policy review in early 2009 and he did that for a couple of months before happily, for us, returning to brookings. bruce has written already two books in the time he's been here, actually a third is about to come out, i'll mention that in just a second, but the first two were about al qaeda and then about the u.s.-pakistan...
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do you want to see from congressman or from the pentagon when it comes to women playing a combat role? what do women need to be successful in those roles? caller: they just need to be treated equally. we can shoot. we used to have a saying when i was in the marine corps that men can hand -- get 10 hours of hand-to-hand combat, but women get off. -- get 12. they do train you to do what you need to do. that's the truth. we don't need you to give us any special treatment. if we don't need you to do anything different. all the stocks they have of you cannot be this because of certain times of the monks, were different attitudes. those times of the month we may be killing better than you are if we are in combat. so they need to stop. --t: all right. on twitter in damascus, pennsylvania, independent caller, louise. caller: yes, i was in the military probably after the fall of saigon to the iranian crisis. i do believe women can serve and have served. we have always been there, but we have never been recognized. i'm a disabled veteran. i did see there was a difference in the mos training, bu
do you want to see from congressman or from the pentagon when it comes to women playing a combat role? what do women need to be successful in those roles? caller: they just need to be treated equally. we can shoot. we used to have a saying when i was in the marine corps that men can hand -- get 10 hours of hand-to-hand combat, but women get off. -- get 12. they do train you to do what you need to do. that's the truth. we don't need you to give us any special treatment. if we don't need you to...
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can reach to the pentagon with preordained responsibilities to make the responsibility. guest: we started back with the state's in pre staging. one thing we need to remember, local and state governments can do all that they can do. it is people's responsibility themselves on what they are going to do, how they are going to get their families out safely. it is important that every family should have an emergency plan put together. host: will, good morning. caller: i have some concerns about the actuarial predictions in the face of climate change. when you talk about an insurance company taking profits for something the federal government would do without taking profits, that seems like a takeover than a plan for emergencies. we're facing a lot of potential emergencies like super storm sandy, but we can expect more with climate change. guest: your comments are right on point. one of the most legendary storms was in 1938, the so-called long island express which almost caused long island in half. it was a devastating storm. to insert discipline into the system. we have a fir
can reach to the pentagon with preordained responsibilities to make the responsibility. guest: we started back with the state's in pre staging. one thing we need to remember, local and state governments can do all that they can do. it is people's responsibility themselves on what they are going to do, how they are going to get their families out safely. it is important that every family should have an emergency plan put together. host: will, good morning. caller: i have some concerns about the...
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i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how we breakdown the contracts across the united states. i was wondering what percentage of contracts are outsourced overseas? i know than it supports the economies overseas more than ours. i was just curious about that. also, you mentioned this morning about the f-35. are -- i spot the f-22 was going to be the last land jet -- manned jet aircraft moving forward. host: got it. guest: the outsourcing contracts overseas, a lot of the support for our bases overseas go to foreign companies. everything from picking up the trash at a base in german
i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how...
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whether in the pentagon or whatever program you believe is wasteful, you cannot get at it if you are not going through a budget process and an appropriations process and a process to reform the entitlements. i understand how the extremes on both sides have an opinion. i understand how the extremes on both sides have an opinion. but they have to be brought into the decision-making. they have to be part of moving forward if we are going to get the whole system working again. started an -- are why tea party started. guest: i am one of those a status and guys. -- i am one of those east that was meant -- i am one of those establishment guys. host: in 1991, would you be a tea party? guest: we reformed welfare and reduced capital gains. john boehner and i were the ones who were the contract even thou gh newt gingrich and the army -- even though newt gingrich gets all the credit. we were part of that reform. the difference is the difference between understanding the government has a role, let's make it work as best it can. as opposed to there is no role for government, tear it down. that is
whether in the pentagon or whatever program you believe is wasteful, you cannot get at it if you are not going through a budget process and an appropriations process and a process to reform the entitlements. i understand how the extremes on both sides have an opinion. i understand how the extremes on both sides have an opinion. but they have to be brought into the decision-making. they have to be part of moving forward if we are going to get the whole system working again. started an -- are why...
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so we've got to be able to audit the pentagon. our budget uses the $300 billion of the savings for cuts also to the ballistic missile defense program to implement the remaining g.a.o. recommendations, i think we have now 1,682 of them which would save about $89 billion. so our budget insists that we begin to audit the pentagon. that's a very important function that the congressional black caucus understands very clearly. finally, let me just say, we restore harmful cuts to the military tuition assistance program. i can't believe the republicans would cancel military tuition assistance for veterans who have fought so hard in these wars. don't they deserve better? the congressional black caucus deserve -- believes they deserve better system of we restore those harmful cuts. the c.b.c. knows they can do better. we know shared prosperity is the most important key to sound growth and sound fiscal policy system of first let me just urge everyone reject the rues now republican budget and to support the c.b.c. alternative budget. i have t
so we've got to be able to audit the pentagon. our budget uses the $300 billion of the savings for cuts also to the ballistic missile defense program to implement the remaining g.a.o. recommendations, i think we have now 1,682 of them which would save about $89 billion. so our budget insists that we begin to audit the pentagon. that's a very important function that the congressional black caucus understands very clearly. finally, let me just say, we restore harmful cuts to the military tuition...